aumbre
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Middle French ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʿanbar), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaumbər/, /ˈambər/
Noun
aumbre (uncountable)
Descendants
- English: amber
- Scots: ambir
References
- “aumbre (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
See also
| Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| whit | grey, hor | blak | broun, tawne | ||
| claret | red ; cremesyn, gernet | citrine, aumbre | yelow, dorry ; canevas | ||
| grasgrene | grene | plunket ; ewage | |||
| asure, livid | blewe, blo, pers | violet ; inde | rose, murrey ; purpel | ||
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